--- /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py	2012-09-07 09:26:22.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py	2012-09-30 09:34:03.872088345 -0400
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     # get caches
     try:
         cache = apt_pkg.Cache(apt.progress.base.OpProgress())
-    except SystemError, e:
+    except SystemError as e:
         sys.stderr.write("E: "+ _("Error: Opening the cache (%s)") % e)
         sys.exit(-1)
     depcache = apt_pkg.DepCache(cache)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     # do the upgrade (not dist-upgrade!)
     try:
         saveDistUpgrade(cache,depcache)
-    except SystemError, e:
+    except SystemError as e:
         sys.stderr.write("E: "+ _("Error: Marking the upgrade (%s)") % e)
         sys.exit(-1)